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Title:
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A SIMULATION TOOL SUPPORTING A BASIC COURSEON COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE |
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Author(s):
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Eladio Gutiérrez , Sergio Romero , María A. Trenas |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-42-3 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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V II, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Learning Object, computer architecture simulator, laboratory work, HW-SW interface. |
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Type:
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Poster/Demonstration |
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First Page:
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358 |
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Last Page:
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360 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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A simulation tool has been designed by which students of a basic course on computer architecture can get acquainted
with the principles of how a computer works at the low level. In the last years, laboratory assignments for this course
consisted on the design and simulation of a reduced instruction set computer architecture using a CAD tool and a
schematic design entry. This kind of low level simulation allows the student to observe how the execution of a machine
program progresses along each of the machine cycles. But such a low level view of the computer system is not very
inviting for a beginner and there exists the risk of his loosing the perspective of the whole system. Our simulation tool
allows the students to easily cover the gap between the software level and the hardware level: they use the same computer
architecture they will implement at the laboratory. This learning object (LO) can be used both as a demonstration tool,
helping the teachers in their classes, or as a self-learning tool, used by the students to improve their knowledge of
computer architecture and instruction cycle. |
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